Alexa Meade: Your Body is my Canvas
Alexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. She selects a topic and then paints it, literally. She covers everything in a scene: people, chairs, food, you name it, in a mask of paint that mimics what’s below it. In this eye-opening talk Meade shows off photographs of some of the more outlandish results, and […]
Dr. Charles Raison Coming to our Senses: Rethinking How We Understand and Treat Depression
In the most general sense, the Raison Lab conducts studies aimed at understanding how social and sensory pathways may be targeted as novel treatments of mood and anxiety disorders. They are trying to help fight depression, and other mood altering states without the use of psychiatric drugs by harnessing our body’s own power and ability.
Adam Spencer: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers
They’re millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down — what’s not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math.
Malcolm Rands: A New Model for Business
Malcolm Rands is co-founder of ecostore, New Zealand’s leading range of eco-friendly household products. Malcolm has been active in the sustainable scene for over 25 years, co-founding New Zealand’s first permaculture eco-village in 1986 and was a foundation member of the New Zealand Sustainable Business Network.
Shigeru Ban: Emergency Shelters made from Paper
Long before sustainability became a buzzword, Architect Shigeru Ban had begun his experiments with ecologically-sound building materials such as cardboard tubes and paper. His remarkable structures are often intended as temporary housing, designed to help the dispossessed in disaster-struck nations such as Haiti, Rwanda or Japan. Yet equally often the buildings remain a beloved part […]
